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Nematops macrochirus Norman, 1931

Narrow-body righteye flounder
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: collected from China Sea, off southern Luzon at 135 fathoms (= 247 m), 'Albatross' collection, D. 5110, USNM 93087 (holotype of Nematops chui, 8.2 cm) (Ref. 311). Type locality described as near Corregidor I. (Ref. 9494). Also Ref. 280, 9792. Not marketed (Ref. 9792).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rp.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Fowler, H.W., 1934
National Database:

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Pleuronectiformes (Flatfishes) > Poecilopsettidae (Bigeye flounders)
Etymology: Nematops: Greek, nema, -atos = filament + Greek, ops = appearance (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Norman.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 218 - 438 m (Ref. 9792).   Deep-water

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